This article contributes to the growing literature on evaluation and implementation science by examining the interaction between staff perceptions of organizational strength with perceptions and indicators of program fidelity. As part of a pilot project related to the evaluation of the Family to...

Child specific recruitment efforts are designed to facilitate permanent placements for children in foster care by finding them potential adoptive families among people already known to the child. This process relies heavily on gathering thorough and accurate information about prospective...

Recent discussions of evidence-based practices have focused on translating programmatic conceptual frameworks and best practices into the "real world" of practice settings. This article discusses the implementation and expansion of the Structured Analysis Family Evaluation (SAFE) home study...

Prior to pursuing a full outcome evaluation, studies of implementation fidelity are often conducted to determine the extent to which practice-level implementation conforms to a program's specified conceptual framework and practice guidelines. This purpose of this study is to measure indicators...

Team Decisionmaking (TDM) is a method of making child welfare placement decisions that draws from the perspectives of family members, community representatives and agency staff members to determine the best placement options for children. This article compares three communities which had...